New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-08-14
PROJECTING d WAGNER SOCIETys

movement is on foot to call into existence :.
New-York Wagner Society, having for its aim ~.
promotion OF progressive ideas In music Herr -
Is warmly interested In the plan, and the cone,,,s
which be win give next winter Will doubtless ~.
place under the auspices Of the new society," n :.
proposed to have meeting some day this week !.
take the first steps toward efecting an organic
Mr. Stanton ia interesting himself actively In "A.
scheme and will be glad to receive the names Of an
persons who would Like to be Identified with u
movement.
The plans Of the founders Of the society do Con
template q one-sided cultivation Of wagner's music
1t Is the modern romantic idea in music rather tina,
they wish to encourage. OF course wagner will End
representation on the programmes, and indeed q
the most interesting novelties Of next season viii b
brought forward at the first Of the concerts. TIN
will be the symphony produced by wagner In lSS2
the exclusive right to perform which In this count1
has been secured by Herr sedL Concerning thin
symphony Herr seidl said day before mis- dopartun
last March: "At the last performance Of Parslfai'
In 1852 Wagner conducted the last OF the third
act Soon after he went to Venice, and there in TIE
hall Of the Conservat0rio he conducted performance
OF his youthful symphony composed In 1882 The
work had been heard In Lepso q few times shorty
after it composed Fifty years afterward wag.
ner, under premonition Of his approachins
death, performed 1t again to give his wife Last
pleasure. He wrote to mol was then travelling ID
Richard Wagner Theatre-asking me to get leave %
absence and come to Venice to CONDUCT the peparato
Iehearsa.s He already felt bis inability to endun
such an exeri0n. Herr Neumann thought the fur
Tough would endanger the Undertaking IN which w
were emUarhed ana 50 1 lost my last chance ~ So
Wagner again awe. He conducted the rhearsn
hlmse anu performance which t0on place In the
presence or his wie ana few friends on the second
Christmas Day, 1882. When he had concluded h
laid dow the baton and whispered, with panid cneeka
Mum habe ion yum euten mai dnsirt have
conducted for the last time y. Two months later hs
was no longer among the living. The last letter Be
wrote was to my director. He spoke In IL In heauY
appreciation OF the enterprise and expressed mis- hoe
for It's long existence usefulness. The last WJs
of the letter were: Nun leDt ale wohI und beibt
mir treu e Farewell and remain faithful 70 me y
The letter arr\ ed day after the telegram aa'
nouncing the masters DEATH" :
IL IL proposed the concerts " the society shall
be three in number that the orchestra consist VI
one hundred Observation-Disclosures. Mozart, Beethoven.
Weber, Wagner and Bruchner besides other compo,.
ers will have place In the schemes. Membership "
the society wifi carry with IL the privilege oil attend
ance on the rehearsals and admission 10 peiioded
social gatherings at which questions bearing On
progress in music Will be discussed these are some
OF the features that have been canlased by MI Stab
ton and other promoters OF the institution but The
definite plan will be discussed at the meeting ths
week.